My starting spot ended up with 5 asteroids and an Irradiated Planet with 2 planets being volcanic. I had no Crystals except for 1 asteroid even my starting planet only had 1 crystal orbital mine.  This means I had a choice of either getting resource or tech up but not both.

There needs to be weights for planets  that certain planets are worth certain points if the point value is low then you get a bonus in one of those first 5 planets as a major bonus.  Metal in this game is next to worthless as people are always selling it  so both resource wise and income wise I had zero chance of winning.